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    Cultural Anthropology 26 November 2012 Throughout history‚ the religions Christianity and Islam have conflicting views with one another and it has caused conflicts involving genocide‚ death‚ and pure hatred for one another. But if one breaks them down to a simple level‚ It reveals that the religions are not radically different from one another. I personally would know from personal experiences. My father is affiliated with the Islam religion while my mother is a devoted Christian. Growing up around this

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    Buddhism vs. Christianity

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    Scott Williams Rel1300 Buddhism vs. Christianity Buddhism and Christianity are two of the most prominent worldwide religions; the Buddhist faith has three hundred and sixty million followers while Christianity is the largest religious sect worldwide with two billion believers. These particular sects of religious belief are the two largest religions in the world but have conflicting views on things such as the religions individual views of the afterlife and death‚ and moral code or ethics

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    At first glance the traditions of Christianity and Buddhism appear very different from each other. One centers around a God that was at one time physically manifest on earth in the human form of his "son" Jesus Christ‚ the other primarily worships a historical figure that gained divine status through enlightenment. This assessment is broad at best‚ especially in the case of Buddhism where the Theravada and Mahayana traditions differ significantly. Christianity also has division within itself‚ the

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    followed by the arrival of Buddhism in Western Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries‚ similarities were perceived between the practices of Buddhism and Christianity.[1][2] During the 20th century the differences between these two belief systems were also highlighted.[3] Despite surface level non-scholarly analogies‚ Buddhism and Christianity have inherent and fundamental differences at the deepest levels‚ beginning with monotheism’s place at the core of Christianity and Buddhism’s orientation towards

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    The spread of Christianity Christianity is one of the monotheistic religion built on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. who serve as the core point for the religion. Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the son and the savior of humanity whose coming as the messiah. Christianity arose from three distinct cultural traditions: Greco-Roman‚ Near Eastern (West Asian)‚ and Hebraic. it’s one of the oldest living religion in the western world. But first originally arise from Jewish community. Paul

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    Ediomo-Obong Amasi Religions influenced many regions in similar ways. Buddhism and Christianity influenced many regions and both influenced two main regions that left them with a major impact. Buddhism was spread in a particular way which was also the way other religions spread‚ including Christianity. These two religions way of spreading influenced the world of today. Buddhism was spread in different way than others. Buddhism began in Ancient India and the Middle East. Today‚ it is mainly practiced

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    Muhammad Spread Islam

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    entire Arab nation accepted it. It is not known how Muhammad was able to gain so many followers‚ but some say that it spread through the beauty of Muhammad’s teaching and example.Others say that Muhammad spread Islam by killing those who did not agree with him. Finally‚ others will say that they don’t know how Islam spread. The basic essentials for the practice of Islam are the five pillars of faith‚ they are the framework of the Muslim life. One‚ the confession of faith which is called

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    How Did Buddhism Spread

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    Spread of Buddhism Across the World “This is why I am continuing my travels—not to seek other‚ better teachings‚ for I know there are none‚ but to depart from all teachings and all teachers and to reach my goal by myself or to die” - Hermann Hesse. The teachings of Buddhism have been continuingly traveling all across the world and spreading. Buddhism originated from India during the 5th century BCE‚ and the spread began. By the 1st century Buddhism began to split within the religion‚ the new evolving

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    afterlife. They spread into much of Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe. Religions like Christianity and Islam produced new culture and took on a more unifying and dynamic function. Both Christianity and Islam are monotheistic religions‚ both a development out of Judaic teaching‚ and both spread through conquest. However‚ when compared: Christianity developed many years before IslamChristianity believes in the Trinity while in Islam Trinity is rejected‚ and Christianity spread to the West and Islam to the East

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    Christianity vs Islam

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    There are hundreds of religions throughout the world but the two most examined seem to be Christianity and Islam. These two religions have been brought into the spotlight throughout the years but more recently so with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. People speculate on rumors of each religion but how much do we actually know? Unless you are a religious scholar‚ odds are you do not know any more than what the internet and television tell you. Each religion has its own view on creation‚ the end times

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